Battle River—Crowfoot

Battle River—Crowfoot
Alberta electoral district
Map
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2025 by-election
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]107,979
Electors (2019)81,123
Area (km²)[2]51,977.75
Pop. density (per km²)2.1
Census division(s)Division No. 5, Division No. 7, Division No. 10, Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)Acadia No. 34, Acme, Alliance, Amisk, Bawlf, Bashaw, Beaver County, Big Valley, Bittern Lake, Camrose, Camrose County, Carbon, Castor, Chauvin, Consort, Coronation, Czar, Daysland, Delia, Donalda, Drumheller, Edberg, Edgerton, Flagstaff County, Forestburg, Halkirk, Hanna, Hay Lakes, Heisler, Holden, Hughenden, Irma, Killam, Kneehill County, Linden, Lougheed, Morrin, Munson, Oyen, Paintearth County No. 18, Provost, Provost No. 52, Rochon Sands, Rosalind, Ryley, Special Area No. 2, Special Area No. 3, Special Area No. 4, Starland County, Stettler, Stettler County No. 6, Three Hills, Tofield, Trochu, Veteran, Viking, Wainwright, Wainwright No. 61, White Sands, Youngstown

Battle River—Crowfoot is a federal electoral district in Alberta. It covers a large portion of rural east-central Alberta, and has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Battle River—Crowfoot and its predecessor ridings have a long history of being among the most heavily conservative ridings in the country. Candidates from right-wing parties have consistently secured over three-fourths of the vote since the 1970s.

Geography

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Battle River—Crowfoot is a rural riding, located in east-central Alberta. Its largest city is Camrose. It stretches from the Highway 14 corridor in the north to the Red Deer River and beyond in the south. The riding stretches from the Saskatchewan border in the east to the Highway 56 corridor in the west.

The riding contains the municipal districts of Beaver County, Wainwright No. 61, Camrose County, Flagstaff County, Provost No. 52, Stettler County No. 6, Paintearth County No. 18, Kneehill County, Starland County, Acadia No. 34, Special Areas No. 2, 3 and 4, all of the cities towns and villages enclosed in those municipal districts, plus the Town of Drumheller.

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order[3]

Racial groups: 88.5% White, 5.3% Indigenous, 2.8% Filipino
Languages: 90.0% English, 4.1% German, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.2% French
Religions: 58.7% Christian (16.7% Catholic, 9.2% United Church, 6.4% Lutheran, 2.5% Anglican, 1.6% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Anabaptist, 19.8% Other), 39.9% None
Median income: $41,200 (2020)
Average income: $51,650 (2020)

History

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Battle River—Crowfoot was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 Canadian federal election.[4] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Crowfoot, Vegreville—Wainwright, Medicine Hat and Wetaskiwin.[5][6] At the time of its creation, the riding contained the municipal districts of Beaver County, Wainwright No. 61, Camrose County, Flagstaff County, Provost No. 52, Stettler County No. 6, Paintearth County No. 18, Starland County, Acadia No. 34, Special Areas No. 2, 3 and 4, Leduc County east of Highway 21, the northern half of Kneehill County (including Three Hills and Trochu), all of the cities towns and villages enclosed in those municipal districts, plus the Town of Drumheller.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the remainder of Kneehill County, including the villages of Linden, Acme and Carbon from Bow River, and lost all of its territory in Leduc County to Leduc—Wetaskiwin.

Electoral history

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Even by the standards of rural Alberta, Battle River—Crowfoot is a heavily conservative area. The riding and its predecessors, Acadia, Battle River, Battle River—Camrose, Camrose, and Crowfoot, have been represented by right-leaning MPs for all but two years since 1935, and the major right-wing party of the day has usually won here in massive landslides.

Since the 1990s, the major right-wing party of the day has won by some of the largest margins ever recorded in Canadian politics, with other parties lucky to get 30 percent of the vote between them. The Conservative Party of Canada has kept this tradition going since its formation in 2003. Its candidates in what is now Battle River—Crowfoot have consistently secured some of the largest vote shares and largest margins of victory in the country.

Year Party Candidate Vote share Margin Vote share rank Margin rank
2025 by-election   Conservative Pierre Poilievre 80.4% 70.5%
2025 Damien Kurek 82.8% 71.1% 2nd 2nd
2021 71.3% 61.5% 3rd 2nd
2019 85.5% 80.4% 1st 1st
2015 Kevin Sorenson 80.1% 71.5% 2nd[a] 2nd[a]
2011 84.0% 74.8% 1st 1st
2008 82.0% 74.1% 1st 1st
2006 82.6% 75.2% 1st 1st
2004 80.2% 72.5% 1st 1st
2000   Alliance 70.6% 56.4% 13th 14th
1997   Reform Jack Ramsay 71.0% 55.5% 5th[a] 6th[a]

(Results before 2015 are for Crowfoot)

Its first member, Kevin Sorenson, was first elected for Crowfoot in 2000 with 70 percent of the vote–the only time that he garnered less than 80 percent of the vote. He was succeeded by Damien Kurek, won in 2019 with more than 85% of the vote. He was reelected in 2021 with 70 percent of the vote, the lowest vote share for the Conservatives or their predecessors in two decades. Even then, no other candidate managed even 10 percent of the vote.

In 2025, Kurek announced his intention to resign to provide a vacancy which could allow Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre a chance to run in Battle River—Crowfoot, which triggered a by-election. Poilievre had lost his bid for reelection in his old riding of Carleton, and sought to return to the House by running in a safe riding.[7] Kurek subsequently resigned on June 17.[8] Poilievre was elected as the riding's member of parliament on August 18.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Battle River—Crowfoot
Riding created from Crowfoot, Vegreville—Wainwright, Medicine Hat and Wetaskiwin
42nd  2015–2019     Kevin Sorenson Conservative
43rd  2019–2021 Damien Kurek
44th  2021–2025
45th  2025–2025
 2025–present     Pierre Poilievre Conservative

Election results

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Graph of election results in Battle River—Crowfoot (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

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Canadian federal by-election, August 18, 2025
Resignation of Damien Kurek
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pierre Poilievre 40,548 80.40 -2.44
Independent Bonnie Critchley 5,013 9.94
Liberal Darcy Spady 2,174 4.31 -7.36
New Democratic Katherine Swampy 1,050 2.08 -1.10
United Grant Abraham 773 1.53
People's Jonathan Bridges 137 0.27 -1.31
Green Ashley MacDonald 116 0.23 -0.50
Libertarian Michael Harris 102 0.20
Christian Heritage Jeff Willerton 91 0.18
Independent Sarah Spanier 53 0.11
Marijuana Kenneth Kirk 41 0.08
Centrist Ahmed Hassan 15 0.03
Independent Jason Buzzell 11 0.02
Independent Jenny Cartwright 11 0.02
Independent Bert William Westergard 11 0.02
Independent Breccan Zimmer 11 0.02
Independent Dillon Anderson 10 0.02
Independent Corey Hales 9 0.01
Independent Nicole Betts 7 0.01
Independent Dylan Colquhoun 7 0.01
Independent Nickolas Meuters-Murphy 7 0.01
Independent Glen Armstrong 6 0.01
Independent Caitlyn Baker 6 0.01
Independent David Patrick Greene 6 0.01
Independent Lisa Parsons 6 0.01
Independent Deborah Chalmers 5 0.01
Independent William Grant 5 0.01
Independent Paul Jones 5 0.01
Independent Brennen Perry 5 0.01
Independent Anthony Perullo 5 0.01
Independent Diane Prentice 5 0.01
Independent Myles René Laurent St. Pierre 5 0.01
Independent Fraser Anderson 4 0.01
Independent Rebecca Boyce 4 0.01
Independent Kenneth Durham 4 0.01
Independent Pierre Gauthier 4 0.01
Independent Preston Hoff 4 0.01
Independent Mark Ruthenberg 4 0.01
Independent Ceilidh Stewart 4 0.01
Independent Danica Boe 3 0.01
Independent Aaron Bowles 3 0.01
Independent Sarah Burke 3 0.01
Independent David Cherniak 3 0.01
Independent John Dale 3 0.01
Independent Emily Goose 3 0.01
Independent Grace Pender 3 0.01
Independent Noah Reid 3 0.01
Independent David Sader 3 0.01
Independent Molly Sun 3 0.01
Independent Nicola Zoghbi 3 0.01
Independent Alex Banks 2 0.00
Independent Stacy Lynn Billingsley 2 0.00
Independent Marten Borch 2 0.00
Independent Jakeb Brown 2 0.00
Independent Annelies Cooper 2 0.00
Independent Elizabeth Dupuis 2 0.00
Independent Michael Dyck 2 0.00
Independent Katherine Dyson 2 0.00
Independent Michael Louis Fitzgerald 2 0.00
Independent Daniel Gagnon 2 0.00
Independent Kerri Hildebrandt 2 0.00
Independent Elsie Kipp 2 0.00
Independent Chris Kowalchuk 2 0.00
Independent Johnson Hon Wa Lee 2 0.00
Independent Maria Light 2 0.00
Independent Derek Adam MacKay 2 0.00
Independent Jeffrey McLean 2 0.00
Independent Riley Moss 2 0.00
Independent Kimberley Nugent 2 0.00
Independent Yagya Parihar 2 0.00
Independent Samuel Pignedoli 2 0.00
Independent Lorant Polya 2 0.00
Independent Jayson Roy 2 0.00
Independent Adam Smith 2 0.00
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski 2 0.00
Independent Callan Wassenaar 2 0.00
Independent Jeremy Wedel 2 0.00
Independent Hazel Westwood 2 0.00
Independent Nicholas Ashmore 1 0.00
Independent Michael Bednarski 1 0.00
Independent Lilia Boisvert 1 0.00
Independent Alain Bourgault 1 0.00
Independent Eva Bowering 1 0.00
Independent Joshua Brauner 1 0.00
Independent Alexandre Brochu 1 0.00
Independent Chun Chen 1 0.00
Independent Shawn Clendining 1 0.00
Independent Lindsay Elaine Shyla Colosimo 1 0.00
Independent Jayson Cowan 1 0.00
Independent Michael Davis 1 0.00
Independent Hannah DeWolfe 1 0.00
Independent Geneviève Dorval 1 0.00
Independent Jordan Drew 1 0.00
Independent Murray Dunham 1 0.00
Independent Eric Duong 1 0.00
Independent Mark Eccleston 1 0.00
Independent Jeremy Edwards 1 0.00
Independent Allison Fanjoy 1 0.00
Independent Gabriel Finn 1 0.00
Independent Hubert Fischer 1 0.00
Independent Matthew Gillies 1 0.00
Independent Peter Gorman 1 0.00
Independent Jacqueline Grabowski 1 0.00
Independent Andrew Guenther 1 0.00
Independent Blake Hamilton 1 0.00
Independent Jason Hodgson 1 0.00
Independent Dakota Hourie 1 0.00
Independent Uneeb Islam 1 0.00
Independent Michael Jones 1 0.00
Independent Richard Kenkel 1 0.00
Independent Madison Kennedy 1 0.00
Independent Abraham Lau 1 0.00
Independent Charles Lemieux 1 0.00
Independent Robert Marsden 1 0.00
Independent Agnieszka Marszalek 1 0.00
Independent Geoffrey Meens 1 0.00
Independent Sophia Nguyen 1 0.00
Independent Pascal Noël 1 0.00
Independent Steve Oates 1 0.00
Independent Lény Painchaud 1 0.00
Independent Lanna Palsson 1 0.00
Independent Alexander Panchuk 1 0.00
Independent Céline Paquin 1 0.00
Independent Meagan Roberge 1 0.00
Independent Melanie Roberge 1 0.00
Independent Mark Russell 1 0.00
Independent Kayll Schaefer 1 0.00
Independent Hakim Sheriff 1 0.00
Independent Eric Shorten 1 0.00
Independent Bradley Stewart 1 0.00
Independent Mário Stocco 1 0.00
Independent Faith Tabladillo 1 0.00
Independent Alex Vallée 1 0.00
Independent Dennis Vanmeer 1 0.00
Independent Bryan Wang 1 0.00
Independent Joshua Wong 1 0.00
Independent Yao ZhangLi 1 0.00
Independent David Zhu 1 0.00
Independent Barry Zukewich 1 0.00
Independent Marthalee Aykroyd 0 0.00
Independent Line Bélanger 0 0.00
Independent Michel Bélanger 0 0.00
Independent Jeani Boudreault 0 0.00
Independent Jeffery Brazeau 0 0.00
Independent Bo Cai 0 0.00
Independent Cameron Campos 0 0.00
Independent Nicolas Champagne 0 0.00
Independent Jaël Champagne Gareau 0 0.00
Independent Claude Cordon Pichilla 0 0.00
Independent Tristan Dell 0 0.00
Independent Gerrit Dogger 0 0.00
Independent Abel Erazo-Ibarra 0 0.00
Independent Tracy Farber 0 0.00
Independent Brian Farrenkopf 0 0.00
Independent Thomas Fitzgerald 0 0.00
Independent Connor Fullerton 0 0.00
Independent Jordan Gerrard 0 0.00
Independent Eric Gilmour 0 0.00
Independent Laurie Goble 0 0.00
Independent Nicolette Gross 0 0.00
Independent Kathleen Gudmundsson 0 0.00
Independent Richard Haley 0 0.00
Independent Kazimir Haykowsky 0 0.00
Independent Iriella Hicks 0 0.00
Independent Loren Hicks 0 0.00
Independent Seyed Hosseini Lavasani 0 0.00
Independent Glendyn Howse 0 0.00
Independent Ryan Huard 0 0.00
Independent Jack Jean-Louis 0 0.00
Independent Derek Jouppi 0 0.00
Independent Erich Jurgens 0 0.00
Independent Elza Kephart 0 0.00
Independent Dannielle Konkle 0 0.00
Independent Solomon Krygier-Paine 0 0.00
Independent Andrew Kulas 0 0.00
Independent Samuel Lafontaine 0 0.00
Independent Alain Lamontagne 0 0.00
Independent Eric Laverdure 0 0.00
Independent Jocelyn LeBlanc-Courchaine 0 0.00
Independent Alexander Lein 0 0.00
Independent Renée Lemieux 0 0.00
Independent Jeffrey Leroux 0 0.00
Independent Litma Kai Ching Leung 0 0.00
Independent Cedric Ludlow 0 0.00
Independent Jennifer Margaret Mackenzie-Miller 0 0.00
Independent Nicolas Maltais 0 0.00
Independent Kevin Manzano 0 0.00
Independent Eric March 0 0.00
Independent Devin McManus 0 0.00
Independent Robert Melting Tallow 0 0.00
Independent Joanne L Metters 0 0.00
Independent Nicholas Mew 0 0.00
Independent Mark Moutter 0 0.00
Independent Rob Mumford 0 0.00
Independent Molly Munn 0 0.00
Independent Sam Nabi 0 0.00
Independent John Francis O'Flynn 0 0.00
Independent Clifford Pine 0 0.00
Independent Brian Ramchandar 0 0.00
Independent Spencer Rocchi 0 0.00
Independent Wallace Richard Rowat 0 0.00
Independent Barry Rueger 0 0.00
Independent Chris Scrimes 0 0.00
Independent Charles Douglas Sleep 0 0.00
Independent Julie St-Amand 0 0.00
Independent Pascal St-Amand 0 0.00
Independent Andi Sweet 0 0.00
Independent Corinne Unrau 0 0.00
Independent Tyson Warner 0 0.00
Independent Simon John Edwin Wedel 0 0.00
Independent Michaiah Williams 0 0.00
Independent Brian Wishart 0 0.00
Independent Michael Wisniewski 0 0.00
Independent Belinda Christine Young 0 0.00
Total valid votes 50,434 TBD
Total rejected ballots TBD TBD TBD
Turnout TBD TBD TBD
Eligible voters 85,736 TBD
Conservative hold Swing
2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damien Kurek 53,684 82.84 +11.45
Liberal Brent Sutton 7,566 11.67 +7.42
New Democratic James MacKay 2,061 3.18 −6.52
People's Jonathan Bridges 1,022 1.58 −7.75
Green Douglas Gook 474 0.73 −0.18
Total valid votes 64,807 99.40
Total rejected ballots 391 0.60 +0.16
Turnout 65,198 76.49 +4.98
Eligible voters 85,237
Conservative notional hold Swing +2.02
Source: Elections Canada[9]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2021 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 42,531 71.38
  New Democratic 5,782 9.70
  People's 5,556 9.33
  Liberal 2,536 4.26
  Maverick 2,440 4.10
  Green 545 0.91
  Veterans Coalition 176 0.30
  Christian Heritage 15 0.03
Total valid votes 59,581 98.56
Rejected ballots 262 0.44
Registered voters/ estimated turnout 83,685 71.51

2013 representation order

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2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Damien Kurek 41,819 71.29 -14.20 $82,245.43
New Democratic Tonya Ratushniak 5,761 9.82 +4.71 $1,764.29
People's Dennis Trepanier 5,440 9.27 +6.68 $1,916.25
Liberal Leah Diane McLeod 2,515 4.29 +0.19 $0.00
Maverick Jeff Golka 2,393 4.08 $28,982.24
Green Daniel Brisbin 554 0.94 -1.76 $234.04
Veterans Coalition John Irwin 178 0.30 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,660 99.56 $135,622.71
Total rejected ballots 260 0.44 -0.12
Turnout 58,920 71.77 -3.66
Eligible voters 82,090
Conservative hold Swing -9.45
Source: Elections Canada[11]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Damien Kurek 53,309 85.49 +4.57 $61,063.42
New Democratic Natasha Fryzuk 3,185 5.11 -1.43 $0.00
Liberal Dianne Clarke 2,557 4.10 -5.27 none listed
Green Geordie Nelson 1,689 2.71 -0.47 $2,467.23
People's David A. Michaud 1,620 2.60 - none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 62,360 99.44
Total rejected ballots 352 0.56 +0.29
Turnout 62,712 75.43 +3.34
Eligible voters 83,139
Conservative hold Swing +3.00
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Kevin Sorenson 47,552 80.91 –2.18 $39,101.55
Liberal Andy Kowalski 5,505 9.37 +7.21 $1,133.54
New Democratic Katherine Swampy 3,844 6.54 –3.30 $9,738.25
Green Gary Kelly 1,868 3.18 –0.72 $419.14
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,769 99.73   $264,066.87
Total rejected ballots 160 0.27
Turnout 58,929 72.09
Eligible voters 81,746
Conservative notional hold Swing –4.70
This riding was created from parts of Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Kevin Sorenson was the incumbent from Crowfoot. Changes are based on redistributed results.
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]
2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 39,646 83.09
  New Democratic 4,694 9.84
  Green 1,859 3.90
  Liberal 1,027 2.15
  Others 486 1.02

Student Vote results

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2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Damien Kurek 2,830 67.59
Liberal Brent Sutton 461 11.01
New Democratic James MacKay 336 8.02
Green Douglas Gook 381 7.59
People's Jonathan Bridges 242 5.78
Total votes 4,187 100
Source: Student Vote Canada[17]
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Damien Kurek 2,447 50.70
New Democratic Tonya Ratushniak 756 15.67
People's Dennis Trepanier 444 9.20
Green Daniel Brisbin 399 8.27
Liberal Lean Diane McLeod 354 7.34
Maverick Jeff Golka 290 6.01
Veterans Coalition John Irwin 136 2.82
Total votes 4,826 100
Source: Student Vote Canada[18]


2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Damien Kurek 3,681 67.48
New Democratic Natashan Fryzuk 604 11.07
Green Geordie Nelson 401 7.35
Liberal Dianne Clarke 401 7.35
People's David A. Michaud 368 6.75
Total votes 5,455 100
Source: Student Vote Canada[19]

Towns / villages / cities in Battle River—Crowfoot

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Ranked 1st among right of centre party candidates.

References

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  1. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 2, 2024). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Battle River--Crowfoot [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  4. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts, archived from the original on April 18, 2017, retrieved July 2, 2013
  5. ^ Report – Alberta, archived from the original on August 24, 2021, retrieved July 2, 2013
  6. ^ Battle River-Crowfoot
  7. ^ "Alberta MP to resign his seat to allow Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection". Edmonton Journal. May 2, 2025.
  8. ^ Major, Darren (June 17, 2025). "MP Damien Kurek officially resigns, paving way for Poilievre's byelection". CBC News.
  9. ^ "Election results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  10. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  11. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  12. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  13. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  14. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  15. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Election Prediction Project
  17. ^ "Student Vote Canada 2025". Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  18. ^ "Student Vote Canada 2021". Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  19. ^ "Student Vote Canada 2019". Retrieved May 27, 2025.
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